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The Commissioner of the IRS at the time was appointed by George W. Bush.

The acting Commissioner of the IRS is Steven T. Miller and was appointed by the Obama Admin (as of Nov 10th 2012).

Miller also lied to Congress and the public about the IRS targeting program.

1) Appointed by Bush, but a Democrat donor:

2) No one has (yet) suggested that this went all the way up to the Commissioner level.

Nice spin attempt, though.